Hillary Clinton finishing strong in fundraising, with $27 million in May

Hillary Clinton smiles at a campaign event in Athens, Ohio, on May 3, 2016.

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RebeccaBallhaus

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton raised $27 million in May, her campaign said Wednesday, marking a slight uptick from the previous month’s fundraising and leaving her in a strong position as she heads into the final month of primary elections.

At the end of the month, Clinton had $42 million in the bank. Her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, hasn’t yet disclosed his May fundraising, but his campaign had less than $6 million in cash on hand at the end of April.

April marked the first month where Sanders’s fundraising began to drop, as his path to winning the party’s nomination narrowed sharply. Both candidates raised about $26 million in April, following several months during which Sanders’s fundraising had far outpaced Clinton’s. He trails Clinton by hundreds of delegates ahead of the final set of primaries next Tuesday.

May’s haul brings the total amount Clinton has raised for her campaign to more than $240 million. She also raised $13.5 million last month for the Democratic National Committee and state parties through a joint fundraising committee she established with the DNC last August. That committee has raised $62 million through May.

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